Sparky is feeling better and is out and about again and back at work as a sanctuary greeter.   We can’t stop him – it’s what he loves to do.   But sadly, our lovely Sparks has been diagnosed with throat cancer and that he’s looking so well is only because of the excellent treatment he is [...]

Do they look happy?   Or terrified and dreadfully stressed?    Without a doubt it’s the latter.   Horse racing is a bad experience for a horse who has no choice in the matter.   They are bred and trained to run faster and faster and whipped to go beyond their natural speed and endurance.    In the case of [...]

Our thoughts, prayers and blessings are all with Dot, a much loved dog who is, sadly, approaching the end of her days.   Please help her to be free from pain and anxiety and her carer, Claire to have the consolation of knowing she has always done her best for the happiness of her beloved friend [...]

Please pray for Jaffa, a magnificent Rhodesian Ridgeback who has recently been to see us at the sanctuary.  Jaffa  is having an operation tomorrow and, while it is routine, it is still a stressful time.  Jaffa is a big lad but he is a real softie at heart.   Let’s pray that he will not [...]

ALFIE – passed on to cat heaven at the end of 2011.   He came in to us as a stray and a more loving and placid cat would be hard to find.   Alfie had been with us for a couple of years and had settled well – we love them all but Alfie [...]

Cindy is plump and we want to slim her down, but in certain parts of the world people would see her as just right – for the table.   In the U.K. a dog is man’s best friend but in China a canine is often seen as an enjoyable dinner dish.  The thought of killing [...]

Your prayers and focused thoughts please for Star, a brave collie recently rescued from a terrible fate in the holiday isle of Malta.   She was found only by chance, she had been shot and buried, her nose and legs were bound with wire and she was barely alive.   A passerby saw her nose [...]

Australia has just banned the export of livestock to Indonesia because of the extreme cruelty at the country’s abbattoirs.  Animal righty’s campaigners have film of cattle being tortured before being killed by horriffic methods, they also show the terrible handling the animals endure before slaughter.  While it seems that most people want to see the [...]

It’s been a very sad day for us, our dear friend Snowy has passed away to join the angel cats – and with tears in our eyes we are thinking of all the happiness he brought us and how much we will miss him.   Snowy  was a most handsome pure white cat with an [...]

Our prayers for the dogs left in the radiation zone   – Isn’t it great to know that in spite of all their misery and danger, the animal lovers of Japan are thinking about the poor dogs who have been left in the nuclear disaster zone.   When a volunteer at an animal sanctuary in [...]